[gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[Pandu Poluan]

eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat

What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?

Rgds,
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Re: [gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[Benny Gächter]

Am Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:03:45 +0700
schrieb Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>:

> eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat
> 
> What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?
> 
> Rgds,

net-analyzer/netcat is http://nc110.sourceforge.net/
and net-analyzer/gnu-netcat is http://netcat.sourceforge.net/

Afaik...

regards

Re: [gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[Mick]

On 7 March 2012 11:39, Benny Gächter <benny.gaechter@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:03:45 +0700
> schrieb Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>:
>
>> eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat
>>
>> What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?
>>
>> Rgds,
>
> net-analyzer/netcat is http://nc110.sourceforge.net/
> and net-analyzer/gnu-netcat is http://netcat.sourceforge.net/
>
> Afaik...


The original netcat (net-analyzer/netcat) started suffering from bit
rot and Vapier launched the community edition
(http://nc110.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/nc110/) in an effort to clean
the code so that it compiles with modern code and machines.  However
that was 5 years ago.  I don't know if progress has been slow, or no
devs showed up.

Then gnu-netcat kicked in to do the same thing not much later and also
cater for other platforms.

Finally, netcat6 http://netcat6.sourceforge.net/ showed up with
improvements claiming better ipv6 support and re-write of the netcat
code dropping some features and adding others.

For my rather basic needs and perhaps due to adoption inertia I am
still using the original netcat package, so can't advise about the
others.
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[gentoo-user] Re: netcat - which?

[James]

Pandu Poluan <pandu <at> poluan.info> writes:


> eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat

This is a short, interesting read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcat


I'm not sure what you using it for, but for routine
admin, I use nmap and zenmap:

http://nmap.org/zenmap/


hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[Michael Mol]

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
> eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat
>
> What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?

Dunno. FWIW, I'm using net-analyzer/netcat6


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[gentoo-user] Re: netcat - which?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2012-03-07, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
> eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat
>
> What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?

My vote would be for netcat6, but I occasionally to IPv6 stuff...

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Re: [gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[Joshua Murphy]

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
> eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat
>
> What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?
>
> Rgds,
> --
> FdS Pandu E Poluan
> ~ IT Optimizer ~
>
>  • LOPSA Member #15248
>  • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com
>  • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
>

For a third, unasked, option... if you're not using any of the more
extravagant features, you practically always have busybox on hand
already...

$ busybox nc
BusyBox v1.19.3 (2012-02-21 22:48:14 EST) multi-call binary.

Usage: nc [OPTIONS] HOST PORT  - connect
nc [OPTIONS] -l -p PORT [HOST] [PORT]  - listen

	-e PROG	Run PROG after connect (must be last)
	-l	Listen mode, for inbound connects
	-p PORT	Local port
	-s ADDR	Local address
	-w SEC	Timeout for connects and final net reads
	-i SEC	Delay interval for lines sent
	-n	Don't do DNS resolution
	-u	UDP mode
	-v	Verbose
	-o FILE	Hex dump traffic
	-z	Zero-I/O mode (scanning)

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Re: [gentoo-user] netcat - which?

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Mar 7, 2012 10:39 PM, "Joshua Murphy" <poisonbl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
> > eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat
> >
> > What's the difference? Which one should I emerge?
> >
> > Rgds,
> > --
> > FdS Pandu E Poluan
> > ~ IT Optimizer ~
> >
> >  • LOPSA Member #15248
> >  • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com
> >  • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
> >
>
> For a third, unasked, option... if you're not using any of the more
> extravagant features, you practically always have busybox on hand
> already...
>
> $ busybox nc
> BusyBox v1.19.3 (2012-02-21 22:48:14 EST) multi-call binary.
>
> Usage: nc [OPTIONS] HOST PORT  - connect
> nc [OPTIONS] -l -p PORT [HOST] [PORT]  - listen
>
>        -e PROG Run PROG after connect (must be last)
>        -l      Listen mode, for inbound connects
>        -p PORT Local port
>        -s ADDR Local address
>        -w SEC  Timeout for connects and final net reads
>        -i SEC  Delay interval for lines sent
>        -n      Don't do DNS resolution
>        -u      UDP mode
>        -v      Verbose
>        -o FILE Hex dump traffic
>        -z      Zero-I/O mode (scanning)
>

Thank You! For what I'm using netcat for (testing a single open port by
sending / receiving certain messages), busybox apparently fits the bill
nicely.

Much appreciated!

Rgds,

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